PROBANG
\pɹˈə͡ʊbaŋ], \pɹˈəʊbaŋ], \p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_b_a_ŋ]\
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By William R. Warner
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Allied to probe. A long slender rod of whalebone, with a piece of sponge at its extremity, intended to push down extraneous bodies, arrested in the oesophagus, into the stomach. A similar instrument is called by J. L. Petit, Repoussoir d' aretes.
By Robley Dunglison
